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Purple Gang Aka Sugar House Gang — Part 3
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DIRECTOR
WER: 2 nuaerovs instances of LICAVOLI'S ( ..-
disregard for the institution's regulations, which misconduct —
allegedly went unpunished, He aleo mentioned dates when LICAVOLI
was hospitalised, contending that many such visits were without
usual required permission. He traced this ag ind te
power, beginning with a letter written by Dr. on
December 19, 1934, to Warden THOMAS requesting as & nurse,
to November 27, 1935 when he was made porter at the Catholic chapel -
‘the second cushiest assignment in the prison', and finally to
tober 14, 1937, when he was eppointed as assistant to Col. E. M. |
WALKER, Chief of the subsistence division of the penitentiary. This
job is supposedly the most cherished in the prison, inaamuch as it “ote
gives the inmate a direct contact with the outside world through the
various salesmen, Ee Eas
"ghen LICAVOLI received this honor, 'THREE FINGERS'
O'MALLEY, whom he displaced, was apppinted as chief convict clerk of
the record division, under Mr. D. J.{BONZO. claimed that while ~
O'MALLEY 58 din this capacity, transfer papers were made for
sending one{ZENZ to London Prison Farm. BONZO never signed these
papers and story goes that when ZENZ was refused at London, he
pever returned to the penitentiary.
could not expiain how LICAVOLI arranged
for jobs for the other men but quoted a guard nameq) MILLER as
remarking to some of the convicts that ‘you guys crazy.~ IYONNIE
won't Jet you keep your jobs for more than a week or so and you're
paying real money'. He contended that since. there are approximtely
1000 Jobs inside the prison, LICAVOLI is literally coining money
and he was apprising this Bureau of the situation in order that
LICAVOLI be investigated to determine whether he is paying income
tax on these sums. Of course, in return, he asked for the story on
se the =
what would develop in the course of inquiry. — bYIYC) (>)
| "The writer advised ME that income tax
patters were not within the investigtive province of this Buresu
and suggested that the problem be discussed with Agents of the
Internal Revenue."
The above information is furnished to the Bureau
for record purposes,
B.D, HARRIS, **
'
Special Agent in Charge
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